Comment on Do old people still remember their childhood? Do people just start losing their memories and their sense of self as they get older?

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cynar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Various studies have shown this to be true. When you access memories, they become malleable. The brain makes various minor updates and repairs. It fixes holes, where bits have been forgotten, and pulls in new data, that wasn’t known at the time.

The core of the memory is often intact, it’s generally self referencing, and fairly stable. It’s the small details around it that can shift.

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